Directions
You will now film your City Cuts; you must film it all and you should not be in the video. You will edit the video in class and it must be under 3 minutes in length. Each clip must be 3 seconds or less (except for the time laps). Make sure to use a camera that will give you good quality and at least 720p on Youtube.
Shooting Requirements
Make sure you have all of the angles, shots, and cuts listed in the requirements.
Japan Example
Before you start filming, check out the video again and notice the variations of subject shots and the variety of cuts used:
0:21-0:28: Insert cut (show zoomed in and zoomed out version of subway scene)
0:29- 0:35: Insert cut (detailed - wide - detailed shot of the scene)
0:31-0:34: jump cut
0:36-0:45: cut away (building-street scene-building)
1:17: cutting rhythm
1:27-1:30: reaction cut
1:51-1:54: cutting rhythm (3-consecutive shot of escalator)
2:25: 2:28: match cut (although different settings, similar action cuts)
2:31-2:37: cut away (building-person-building)
2:42-2:45: insert cut
Guidelines
After you film...
Organizing Footage
When finished, import all your footage onto your Macbook and in your Google Drive folder on your computer in the folders you already created (good clips, deleted clips, music).
Sort your footage and put them into folders according to which ones you think you will be using. Rename your footage according to the clip requirement (e.g. vertical pan). Make a checklist to make sure you have all of your clips. Take one screenshot of the footage in your folder showing at least 20 thumbnails of your footage in Drive and post the screenshot. You do not need to edit yet; you will have class time to do this.
Then take four screenshots showing your four video clips that feature the four categories below. This is not a completion grade but rather graded based on how well they show the category in a creative and effective way since this topic is review from second quarter so they should have improved quality: lighting, composition, angle, subject, etc. Put them in the same category order below:
Do not do:
If you cannot find six cuts in one video clip then you may use one additional YT movie clip and leave a comment.
Take a screenshot of your comment(s) and post to WordPress along with the YT link(s) to that clip so that it can be graded and your screenshot of your notes. Also include the screenshot of your footage & two proof shots when you are finished with filming Part B.
To better help you see video cuts, find a 2-5 minute movie clip from an appropriate movie and find at least six of the cuts listed. In a comment below that YT movie, write the cuts in the following format:
cutaway: 0:33
match cut: 1:33
progressive cut: 2:45